EU politics often unfold behind closed doors, between the same players, or during long multilingual debates. But sometimes the agenda adds some personal glamour or drama.
That will be the case this week with three events in Brussels and Strasbourg, when Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, king Felipe of Spain, and the Franco-German double act, Francois Hollande-Angela Merkel, will respectively pay a visit to the EU institutions.
Erdogan will kick off proceedings on Monday (5 ...
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